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LONDON, England - Great Britains Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield finished seventh in their first diving final inside the London Aquatics Centre on Thursday, missing a "crucial" marker in the fifth round to plummet out of medal contention. Cheap NHL Jerseys . Daley and Waterfield, competing in front of a London home crowd in the mens synchronized 10m platform event at the FINA Diving World Cup, sat in third place after four of six rounds of dives. During their fifth dive, a forward four-and-a-half somersault in the tuck position, both divers made errors that cost them dearly on the scoreboard. "The front 4.5 is one of those dives that is crucial in the competition," said Daley, one of Britains biggest names in amateur sport and the 2009 world individual champion in the platform event. "Its one of those dives where if you nail it… then you get launched right up the scoreboard. If you dont, you drop down." Daleys assessment rang true at the test event in Londons Olympic Park on Thursday. With their flop, Daley and Waterfield dropped from third place to seventh, where they remained for the rest of the evening. While the British divers were the overwhelming crowd favourites, China continued its dominance of the World Cup as Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan won gold in the event with a total score of 481.29. Mexico earned silver while Germany finished third. China, Germany and Ukraine had already secured their spots in 10m synchro at the Games with medal performances at last years World Championships in Shanghai, and Great Britain is given a berth by virtue of its status as host nation. With their finishes in the event on Thursday, Mexico, the United States, Cuba and Russia all qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, rounding out the eight nations that will compete there. Canadians Kevin Geyson and Eric Sehn, who were fighting for what would have been Canadas only Olympic berth in the event, fell short of qualifying but finished eighth in the World Cup competition. Daley has been under fire recently, suffering the media aftermath of a rogue quote from Britains diving performance director, Alexei Evangulov. "If you look at the Chinese, they work three times harder. Thats the only secret. Just work hard," Evangulov said earlier this month. "I know how the Chinese are training and they work much harder. If you compare them to Thomas, he has many commitments in his media activities. "Hes very active, not like the Chinese. The Chinese have restricted their divers and I support them on this. I would recommend Tom to make not so many commitments to the media." Daleys camp later issued a response, defending his media work. They said the 17-year-old diving star "turns down 95% of media and commercial approaches." Daley was pressed again on the issue after the British pairs slightly disappointing result on Thursday, and Waterfield, 30, came to his diving partners rescue. "We didnt miss a dive because Toms been doing too much media. We missed a dive because weve had setbacks with injuries at the beginning of the year." Waterfield recently returned to training after a back and side injury kept him sidelined for much of the past two months. Daley is coming off a thumb injury of his own. "Its one thing, you know, being able to dive, but getting competition fit, you need to do competitions. and thats what were going to be doing over the next few months," said Waterfield. "Now were both fit, were over our injuries, we just need to do some more competitions, get some more training in and well start to peak when we need to." "Alexei knows the amount of training that Im doing and he knows that Im doing the right amount of training," Daley added. "Im doing as much as I can. Im pushing myself as hard as I can go without my body breaking. "Its one of those things where I know that Im working hard and I know myself and Pete are going to work hard going into the World Series and European Championships and then the Olympic Games." Jennifer Lukas is the Digital lead Aquatics producer for CTVOlympics.ca. She is in London this week, reporting on the FINA Diving World Cup and Olympic test event from the Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park. Follow her updates on Twitter at @jenniferlukas and join in the conversation at @ctvolympics. NHL Jerseys China . -- Robert Streb shot a 3-under 69 in rainy conditions Saturday at Del Monte to take a one-stroke lead over Billy Horschel after the third round in the Pebble Beach Invitational. NHL Jerseys From China . The Victoria cyclist was seventh in Mondays stage to hold onto the pink leaders jersey, avoiding a crash on the final turn that took out several of the top contenders. (Sports Network) - Erik Bedard tries to push his unbeaten streak to eight starts this evening when the Seattle Mariners continue their four-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Bedard, who missed all of last season due to shoulder surgery, opened the year by losing his first four starts. However, the once-promising left-hander has been terrific since then, going 3-0 and allowing more than two runs just one time in his last seven starts to cut his earned run average in half to 3.46. He didnt get a decision on Sunday against Tampa Bay, but pitched well, giving up three runs and eight hits in seven innings. He also struck out seven without walking a batter in his teams 9-6 triumph. Bedards first win of the year came against the Tigers, as he yielded a run and five hits in seven innings. He is 2-3 lifetime against them with a 4.28 ERA in six starts. Detroit will counter with a veteran of its own in right-hander Brad Penny, who is 5-4 with a 4.76 ERA. Penny won for the fourth time in his last five decisions on Sunday in Chicago, as he allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings. Penny lost to Seattle on April 28 and is 0-2 in three starts against themm with a 5. Wholesale NHL Jerseys. .21 ERA. Detroit drew first blood in this series on Thursday, as Alex Avila had a pair of triples and drove in a run to back Justin Verlanders eight strong innings in the Tigers 4-1 win. Verlander (7-3) racked up 10 strikeouts and allowed just five hits and one run to get Detroit back on track after a 7-3 loss to Texas on Wednesday following a four-game winning streak. Verlander hasnt lost since April 27 and has gone 5-0 with a no-hitter during that span. It seems like were on a heck of a roll, Verlander said. I think were playing the way we should. We have an outstanding ball club with tons of talent. When we get rolling its tough to beat us. Brennan Boesch had a two-run shot for Detroit, which has pulled a game behind the idle AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians. Greg Halman scored the lone run for the Mariners, who have lost four of their last six. Starting pitcher Doug Fister (3-7) tossed a complete game in the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits. He did a great job coming back and keeping us in the ball game, Mariners manager Eric Wedge said of Fister. Seattle swept the Tigers earlier in the year at Comerica Park. ' ' '